"Memory consolidation relies on orchestration of brain waves during sleep, and we show that this process is closely timed by breathing," said corresponding author Andrew Sheriff, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in Zelano's lab.
"To strengthen memories, three special neural oscillations emerge and synchronize in the hippocampus during sleep, but they were thought to come and go at random times," said senior study author Christina Zelano, PhD, professor in the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology's Division of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology.
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